Mīlestībā mums jāvingrinās tikai vienā jautājumā: palaist otru. Jo turēšana ciet padodas viegli – tas mums nav jāmācās.

Between: A guide for parents of eight to thirteen-year-olds Between: A guide for parents of eight to thirteen-year-olds

This is because children look to their parents to learn how to behave, explains Early Years Consultant Vanessa Dooley. If parents react to strong emotions by hitting, children will think that violence is an appropriate response to anger. Vairāk par visu bērniem ir vajadzīga mūsu beznosacījuma mīlestība – vienalga, vai viņi gūst panākumus vai pieļauj kļūdas, kad dzīve ir viegla un kad dzīve ir grūta. He’s in full support of the law change, ‘because a child’s right to protection from physical assault (a legal protection adults enjoy) matters more than a parent’s right to assault their child.’The CEO of NSPCC, Peter Wanless, doesn’t agree with the criticism that this is ‘new age dogma’ that will lead to a ‘snooping’ culture.

BETWEEN: A guide for parents of eight to thirteen-year-olds (-) BETWEEN: A guide for parents of eight to thirteen-year-olds (-)

I read ‘The Book you wish your parents had read’ beforehand and I think they go together perfectly. We need to understand our own tween (8-13) history, our own parents style (authoritarian or authoritative) , our automatic reactions based on learned behaviour and figure out what we would like to change about our tween years, before we start parenting our own tweens. Ask them what they think would be a fair punishment – this can get them thinking more seriously about their behaviour In 1966 Psychologist Diana Baumrind coined her Parenting Typology, a description of three distinct parenting styles. Authoritarian, Authoritative and Permissive. Baumrind was particularly interested in two facets of parenting behaviour, first the demand parents placed on children in terms of what they expected of them and their behaviour and secondly the responsiveness the parents showed to the children which indicated how in tune, and responsive to, the child’s needs the parents were.

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